links for 2010-01-05

"But amid this avalanche of praise and popularity, guess who hates the movie? America's prickly cadre of political conservatives."

"Denn ehe wir uns dem Wahren, Schönen und Guten zuwenden, wollen wir der Chronistenpflicht genügen und eine kleine Bilanz der Demenz führen. Hier also die Liste der Filme, die uns in diesem Jahr am meisten geärgert, enttäuscht und genervt haben."

"There's no way to list every show or development that had an impact on TV during the last decade. But certain technologies and programs had an unmistakable influence on the Golden Age of television. Please keep in mind that what follows isn't a comprehensive list of the best shows of the past decade. These are thoughts on a few of the developments, trends and programs that affected what we saw on our screens during the last 10 years."

US-Kritikerin Maureen Ryan gibt auf ihrem Blog einen Überblick über das kommende Winter-Programm der US-TV-Sender.

"The underlying theme for what Channel Four promise us will be their final Celebrity Big Brother had been supplied by Jean Paul Sartre – that famous suggestion from Huis Clos that 'Hell is other people'. Regular viewers of CBB's opening episodes will know that Sartre got it slightly wrong: for those desperate enough to enter this mausoleum of fame: 'Hell is other people not having a clue who you are'."

"With a certain accuracy critics have pointed out that all the "human" characters are played by white actors and all the blue, cat-like Na'vi are played by non-whites. With a degree of American insularity they also say that because they use bows and arrows and wear feathers they are "really" native Americans."

Unter film.bild.de gibt es seit 4. Januar jeden Tag ab 18 Uhr einen kostenlosen Film zu sehen. FSK 16 Filmen sind ab 22 Uhr abrufbar. Zu den bis zu 6 Monaten abrufbaren Filmen gehören: „Das Leben ist schön“, „American History X“, „Stranger Than Fiction“, „Ein Sommernachtstraum“, „Eve & der letzte Gentleman“, „Rush Hour“, „Die Aufschneider“ oder „Die Nacht der lebenden Toten“. Neu ist das alles allerdings nicht: Andere Anbieter bieten dieselben Filme ebenfalls kostenlos an. Mehr dazu in einer Pressemitteilung des Axel Springer Verlags: http://tinyurl.com/ybkjnjt